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In the summer of 1947, a young priest, Petter, his wife and baby daughter, arrive by mail boat at a tiny island. They are to take over its drafty homestead from where Petter is to minister to the scattered community. In this evocative tale, Ulla-Lena Lundberg draws us into the minutiae of an austere yet purposeful life where the demands of self-sufficiency - cows to milk and sheep to graze - are tempered by the kindness of neighbours. With each season, the family's love of the island grows and when the winter brings ice a new and tentative link is created. Told through the eyes of Petter, the wholehearted if naive novice priest, and Mona, his tough-minded wife, a story unfolds that is as immersive as it is heartrending.Winner of the Finlandia prize and nominated for the Nordic Critics Prize, Ice was a huge bestseller in Finland.
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Ice, Ulla-Lena Lundberg
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- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- Ice
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ulla-Lena Lundberg
- Publisher
- Sort Of Books
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN10
- 1908745479
- ISBN13
- 9781908745477
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religious Topics, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Friendship, Fun, Fate, Sweden, Church, Islands, Winter, Cold, Post-War Era, Finnish Literature, Finland, Ice, Glaciers, Pastors, Parsons
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- In the summer of 1947, a young priest, Petter, his wife and baby daughter, arrive by mail boat at a tiny island. They are to take over its drafty homestead from where Petter is to minister to the scattered community. In this evocative tale, Ulla-Lena Lundberg draws us into the minutiae of an austere yet purposeful life where the demands of self-sufficiency - cows to milk and sheep to graze - are tempered by the kindness of neighbours. With each season, the family's love of the island grows and when the winter brings ice a new and tentative link is created. Told through the eyes of Petter, the wholehearted if naive novice priest, and Mona, his tough-minded wife, a story unfolds that is as immersive as it is heartrending.Winner of the Finlandia prize and nominated for the Nordic Critics Prize, Ice was a huge bestseller in Finland.